AJ Johannes PhD, PE           

Professor

Mathematical Modeling

B.S., 1970, Physics and Chemistry, Illinois State University
M.S.E., 1974, Civil Engineering, West Virginia University
Ph.D., 1977, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky

Dr. AJ, as he is called by his students, has perhaps the most varied background of all the faculty at OSU. After receiving undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Physics and teaching high school for a year, he spent two years working as an environmental engineer for the US Army. After being discharged, he attended West Virginia University and got his master's degree in Civil Engineering and the University of Kentucky where he got his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. In 1977, he became an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After spending seven years at RPI, he joined Oklahoma State University and was promoted to Full Professor in 1988.

Dr. AJ's area of research, as a result of his checkered background, is mathematical modeling. Although most of his work involves modeling in environmental engineering, he also does research in combustion, CFD, corrosion and plasma reactor design.

Dr. AJ has taught a variety of courses, but most frequently he teaches the junior-level Unit Operations courses, the undergraduate Reaction Engineering, and a graduate course in Reactor Design and Transport.

Dr. AJ enjoys the reputation of being the most "unathletic" professor on the faculty. He hates bicycling, running, walking and other forms of exercise. Instead, he contends that his interests are more cerebral in nature. He loves to play on his personal computer, read mystery stories and play games. He is a Life Master bridge player and is accomplished at chess, GO and backgammon and enjoys playing Ultima Online.

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Fall 2006 ENSC 3233 Fluids